Sliding gate



(No Model.)

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SLIDING GATE.

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MARTIN L. WALTERS, OF FINDLAY, OHIO.

SLIDINGGATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 480,755, dated August16, 1892.

Application filed March 3, 1892.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARTIN L. WALTERS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Findlay, in the county of Hancock and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Sliding Gate, of which the following isaspecification.

The invention relates to improvements in sliding gates.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve theconstruction of sliding gates and to prevent their sagging.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claim hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a gate' Fig. 2 is avertical sectional view. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view illustratingthe latch mechanism.

Like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawm s.

I designates a sliding gate mounted on rollers 2 and 3 ofsupporting-posts 4 and 5 of a fence and composed of vertical bars 6 andhorizontal rails 7 and supported by an inclined brace 8. The gate isprovided at its top with a track-bar 9 to bear upon the roller 2 and atits middle with parallel track-bars 10 and 11, arranged above and belowthe roller 3. The rollers 2 and 3 are grooved, and the engaging edges ofthe track-bars are beveled t0 fit into the grooves of therollers. Theroller 2 is arranged near the top of the supporting-post 4L, and theroller 3 is arranged at the middle of the supporting-post 5. I/Vhen thegate is nearly open, the upper roller 2 is engaged by a short track-bar12, arranged below the roller 2 and at the front of the gate. Theuppermost rail of the gate is narrower than the other rails, and thesecond rail from the top is recessed at 13, and these rails are madenarrower to Serial No. 423,624. (No model.)

provide a clear way for the rollers. The middle track-bars 10 and 11 areextended to balance the gate to prevent sagging and are connectedtogether by an end bar 14 and are supported by a cleat 15, secured tothe track-bars and to the upper rails of the gate.

The gate is provided at its front end with projecting portions 16 and17, which are beveled, and are preferably formed by extending the railsof the gate and are adapted to engage openings 18 of a 1atch-post 19.The lower projection 17 is shouldered and is forced into engagement witha keeper 0r pin 20 by a sliding wedge 21, arranged on the upper edge ofone of the rails and connected pivotally with alever22. Thelever 22 is fulcrumed intermediate its ends on one of the rails and is verticallydisposed and has its upper end shaped into a handle. It is adapted toreciprocate the wedge, which may be interposed between the lowerprojection 17 and the upper wall of the lower opening 18, whereby theshoulder of the projection is held in engagement with the pin.

What I claim is The combination of a latch-post provided with openingsand having a transverse pin arranged in one of the openings, aslidinggate provided with projections 16 and 17, the latter being shoulderedand adapted to engage the pin, a sliding wedge arranged above theprojection 17 to force the latter into engagement with the pin, and alever fulcrumed on the gate and connected to the wedge, substan tiallyas described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN L. W'ALTERS. W itn esses H. '1. LEE,

B. F. BOLTON.

